3-053-490 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late Sir Henry Holland, Bart., 1873. Engraving from a photograph by Messrs. Mayall, of an '...accomplished and distinguished man of science, who has long held a high position in the best English society...He was educated for the medical profession at the University of Edinburgh, where he obtained the degree of M.D. in 1811, but in 1828 was elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians in London. Dr. Holland soon rose to great eminence in his profession, while he at the same time became known for his valuable literary contributions to other branches of knowledge. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1816, and has three times held the office of Vice-President ; he was also, to the time of his death, President of the Royal Institution. In 1840 he was appointed physician in ordinary to the late Prince Consort, and in 1852 physician in ordinary to the Queen...Sir Henry Holland's...works are tolerably numerous, but those most popular are his "Medical Notes and Reflections," his "Chapters on Mental Physiology," "Travels in Albania and Thessaly," a volume of "Scientific Essays," chiefly collected from the Edinburgh Review, and the agreeable "Recollections of Past Life," which were published two years ago'. From "Illustrated London News", 1873.